First, Niki, Charlie, little Peter-in-the-Belly, and I went to dinner tonight. I put Charlie into her car seat in the Mazda and fired it up, and Niki moved the Mustang out of the way so I could pull the Mazda out of the garage. Niki parked the Mustang, jumped in the little blue station wagon and we headed out for a leisurely dinner. When we pulled back into the garage after dinner and got out of the Mazda, we could hear a motor running and couldn't figure out what it was . . . until I realized that it was the Mustang.
Niki had moved the Mustang (while talking to her sister on the cell phone), gotten out of it, jumped into the Mazda, and LEFT IT IDLING IN THE DRIVEWAY. I can understand leaving the keys in it; I can understand forgetting the parking brake; I can understand leaving the lights on; but leaving it running?!
If we were still living in LA, that baby would have been GONE!
After we settled down and shut the car off, we settled in for drinks in the yard with the Ballentines. We discussed our new neighbor (Brian's mother - Brian and his family swapped houses with his mother). Someone suggested we roll her house to welcome her to the neighborhood. So, we did. Five different families got into the act.
Welcome to the neighborhood!
7 comments:
COREY JAMES!!
I know . . .
I never rolled houses when I was growing up. Now that I am grown up and own a house, I've done it a bunch. . . . we also saran wrap cars and once, I was indirectly involved with knocking the Mayor's mailbox over (we bought a new post and replaced it before he woke up, and whenever we roll a house, we clean it up the next day . . . )
Cannonwooders have an odd way of showing affection towards each other.
Odd, yes. But fuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnnnnn.
1. Leaving the car running is totally something I would do.
2. I soooooo want to live in your neighborhood.
I think baby got the brain on that one.
DW
I love the picture of you all standing there admiring your work... no roll and run going on in Cannonwood.
Niki!! You are never allowed to make fun of Corey for doing something silly ever again....
I'm with you, Joslyne-- I wish I was a Cannonwood resident!!
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